GA-STNL-0084

Record Date: 
25 December 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Here Lies the Bodey of Francis Tompkins who Departed this Life January the 4th 1761 Aged 66 years Likewise the Body of Rebecca Tompki ns otherwise Gough his wife who depart4* [t]his life Decr 16th 1784 Aged 77 Years

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.272756388889
Longitude: 
-9.0535513888889
Additional details
References: 
Fleetwood Berry (1912 A), 1.
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
TOMPKINS and GOUGH
Notes: 

This is a R.S. which has been reused as part of the paving around the church. The slab is cracked in the middle and the last three lines are underneath the paving. Inc'd. Ins.. See also No. 80 for a further Gough, (a slab which was probably made by the same mason).